Local heroes return to dismantle Sussex

By Luke Baker

Leading the way: James Vince made a brilliant 81 to help Hampshire to 188-3
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SUFFERING defeat at the hands of a local boy is always painful, so for two of your own to come back and haunt you feels particularly cruel.
But that is what befell Sussex on Wednesday as they slipped to a second T20 Blast loss in as many matches – going down by 19 runs at Hove to a Hampshire side that have a 100 per cent record intact.
Cuckfield-born James Vince smashed 81 off just 48 balls to help set a daunting total of 188-3 before 20-year-old Mason Crane – al...

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